Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced he won't run for the U.S. Senate or any other elected office, choosing to ...

The leaves have changed, and so has the political landscape there ... They're not voting for the party anymore," said former Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin. But in some areas ...

Jury selection has kicked off for what may be the most consequential trial in Illinois political history. Madigan, the longest-serving, once all-powerful and universally feared House speaker ...

Supported by Senators Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, Henry Clay again suggested a compromise. California would enter the Union as a free state while the ...